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The Supreme Court's shorthand test allows a maximum of 5 percent mistakes, measured against the words dictated.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Maximum mistakes permissible = 5% of the total words dictated”
Advertisement No. F.6/2024-SC (RC): Court Master (Shorthand), Senior Personal Assistant and Personal Assistant, Supreme Court of India, 2024, Scheme of examination table, Court Master (Shorthand).
Open the original- What it measures
- The limit is set against the words dictated, not the words the candidate typed. That makes it a fixed budget of errors for each passage.
- What it does not show
- The limit is for this advertisement only. Other notices use different percentages, as the other facts on this page show.